Donovan/Northern Heights
Centered on Frood Road northwest of downtown, Donovan refers to the area immediately surrounding the intersection of Frood, Kathleen (1908)pg 26 and Beatty (1920)pg 4, the lands between the two sets of railroad tracks, this subdivision was built in the 1930s on top of a former town dump site. While Northern Heights refers to the newer neighbourhood built in the 1970s to the north, between Rio Road (1964)pg 41and St-Roch Lane (1983)pg 44.
The area's narrow lots and lane ways give it a distinctive feel. Donovan Street (1928) was named for Timothy Donovan, farmer, who purchased the land from the crown.pg 13 After WWII, the area was settled by many Eastern European immigrants, mainly from Ukraine, Poland, Finland and the former republic of Yugoslavia. Each of these ethnic groups founded community halls in the Donovan.
The C1915 photo is a view of the Donovan District taken from the rocky hill overlooking Dupont Street (1928)pg 14. The road in the foreground is Bartram Avenue (1908)pg 60, renamed Frood Road in 1938pg 18 (Dupont is just out of view to the right of centre on Frood). The road on the right is Jean Street (1908) pg 24 . The white church on the bend of Jean Street is at Antwerp Avenue (1908)pg 3. The houses on the highest hill in the centre of the photo are on Burton Avenue (1908) pg 9. Mont St-Joseph, the mountain separating the Flour Mill & the Donovan are behind them in the mid ground with Mont Adam in the far background.
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